THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS

THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS

The first chapter of this dissertation reviews the major Classical and Christian rhetoricians from Plato to Ramus with particular emphasis on their discussion of the pressures placed upon author, audience, and language by a theocentric world vision. The succeeding four chapters demonstrate the prese...

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Main Author: ERKLAUER, WILLIAM HENRY
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
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American literature
Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8310281
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spelling ndltd-UMASS-oai-scholarworks.umass.edu-dissertations-73032020-12-02T14:26:56Z THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS ERKLAUER, WILLIAM HENRY The first chapter of this dissertation reviews the major Classical and Christian rhetoricians from Plato to Ramus with particular emphasis on their discussion of the pressures placed upon author, audience, and language by a theocentric world vision. The succeeding four chapters demonstrate the presence of those same concerns in the writings of John Cotton, William Bradford, Edward Johnson, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Cotton Mather. In each case placing these authors in their proper rhetorical tradition alters and refines our understanding of how, and therefore what, the texts mean. In addition such a rhetorical analysis reveals underlying functional similarities in Puritan writings despite superficial differences in style. 1983-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8310281 Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest ENG ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst American literature
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THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
description The first chapter of this dissertation reviews the major Classical and Christian rhetoricians from Plato to Ramus with particular emphasis on their discussion of the pressures placed upon author, audience, and language by a theocentric world vision. The succeeding four chapters demonstrate the presence of those same concerns in the writings of John Cotton, William Bradford, Edward Johnson, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor, and Cotton Mather. In each case placing these authors in their proper rhetorical tradition alters and refines our understanding of how, and therefore what, the texts mean. In addition such a rhetorical analysis reveals underlying functional similarities in Puritan writings despite superficial differences in style.
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title THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
title_short THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
title_full THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
title_fullStr THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
title_full_unstemmed THE DYNAMIC FORMS OF PURITAN DISCOURSE: THE RHETORICAL PRACTICE OF SIX NEW ENGLAND PURITANS
title_sort dynamic forms of puritan discourse: the rhetorical practice of six new england puritans
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